Vorpal Robotics

Welcome to the Vorpal Robotics Wiki

Here you'll find information about projects and products from Vorpal Robotics, LLC, including technical information, free downloads, classroom activity ideas, and more!

Vorpal Products

Our first product is the Vorpal Mimsy Educational Robot. Many of the wiki entries on our site will revolve around this product, including technical details, CAD files, software, and more. But stay tuned for additional products as well as contributed extensions! he Here are some quick links to get you started:

• Vorpal Factory Paired Bluetooth Modules has information on how to use our factory paired HC05/HC06 Bluetooth Modules
• Vorpal Combat Servo Pre-soldered electrical parts for continuous rotation servo based 3D printed combat robots.
• Vorpal Combat M130 Pre-soldered electrical parts for inexpensive "130" toy motor based 3D printed combat robots.
• Vorpal Hexapod-12 Pre-soldered electrical parts for inexpensive mini-servo 12DOF 3D printed hexapod robots.
• Vorpal Gamepad Buttons Pre-soldered electrical parts for a simple 3D printed button based game controller, for use with bluetooth modules and any Vorpal robot system.
• Vorpal Gamepad Joy Pre-soldered electrical parts for a simple 3D printed joystick based (tank style) gamepad, for sue with bluetooth modules and any Vorpal robot system.

Our Philosophy

Vorpal Robotics is dedicated to creating fun, interactive, classroom and teacher friendly robotics products based on open source technologies and 3D printing. We sell kits as well as fully built robots that can support STEM activities from grade school through middle- and high-school.

What's With the Funny Names?

Words like Vorpal and Mimsy come from the classic Lewis Carroll poem Jaberwocky. We will be using other words from that poem in future offerings. See Jaberwocky by Lewis Carroll.